Temporal and regional variation in the use of breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy for older women with early-stage breast cancer from 1983 to 1995

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Du, Xianglin ^a,b   Freeman, Jean L ^a   Freeman, Daniel H ^b   Syblik, Dorothy A ^b   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032869072     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.9.M474     Document Type: Article

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